Episodes
1. The LSD Story
7.0
January 12, 1967
30 min
Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Gannon encounter a freaked-out young LSD user calling himself "Blue Boy"; before long, Blue Boy is "turning on" schoolchildren with the mysterious new drug.
Guest Stars:
John Stephenson, Michael Burns, Art Balinger, Eve Brent, Jerry Douglas
2. The Big Explosion
8.0
January 19, 1967
30 min
A neo-Nazi psycho has planted a bomb somewhere in L.A. Friday and Gannon have to find it.
Guest Stars:
Olan Soule, Don Dubbins, Bobby Troup, Harlan Warde, Kent McCord
3. The Kidnapping
7.0
January 26, 1967
30 min
Friday and Gannon help an employee rescue her kidnapped boss.
Guest Stars:
Art Balinger, John Stephenson, Alfred Shelly, Peggy Webber, Harry Bartell
4. The Interrogation
7.0
February 9, 1967
30 min
A new officer has been arrested for robbing a liquor store while on an undercover assignment.
Guest Stars:
Kent McCord
5. The Masked Bandits
6.0
February 16, 1967
30 min
Four bandits wearing red masks commit a series of robberies.
Guest Stars:
Tani Guthrie
6. The Bank Examiner Swindle
6.0
February 23, 1967
30 min
Two con men, posing as bank examiners, are bilking the elderly out of their life savings.
Guest Stars:
Don 'Red' Barry, Don Ross, Burt Mustin, Bert Holland
7. The Hammer
March 2, 1967
30 min
An elderly apartment manager is found to have been beaten to death with a hammer.
Guest Stars:
Merry Anders, Art Balinger, Natalie Masters, Dick Simmons, John Stephenson
8. The Candy Store Robberies
7.0
March 9, 1967
30 min
Friday and Gannon try to figure out a pattern to a series of candy store hold-ups.
Guest Stars:
John Stephenson, Art Gilmore, Virginia Gregg, Alfred Shelly, Vince Howard
9. The Fur Job
7.0
March 16, 1967
30 min
Gannon goes undercover as a buyer in order to trap fur theives.
Guest Stars:
Merry Anders, Clark Howat, Henry Corden, Frank Gerstle, John Stephenson
10. The Jade Story
5.0
March 23, 1967
30 min
Over $200,000 worth of Imperial Jade is reported stolen in a burglary, and Friday and Gannon are on the case.
Guest Stars:
Virginia Gregg, Harry Hickox, Keye Luke, Don Ross, Annazette Chase
11. The Shooting
6.0
March 30, 1967
30 min
A police officer is shot while making a routine check on a pair of paroled convicts that are parked near a liquor store.
Guest Stars:
Art Balinger, John Stephenson, Alfred Shelly, Dick Miller, Howard Culver
12. The Hit and Run Driver
7.0
April 6, 1967
30 min
Friday and Gannon use newspapers, radio and TV to seek the public's help in identifying a hit and run driver.
Guest Stars:
Olan Soule, Audrey Dalton, Robert Clarke, Harlan Warde, King Moody
13. The Bookie
April 13, 1967
30 min
Friday goes undercover with the Department's chaplain in order to break up a gambling ring.
Guest Stars:
William Reynolds, Sidney Miller, Bobby Troup, Art Gilmore, Luana Patten
14. The Subscription Racket
April 20, 1967
30 min
Friday learns about a scam artist with a novel twist: he uses an authentic Congressional Medal of Honor to solicit magazine subscriptions.
Guest Stars:
Art Balinger, Jerry Dexter, Larry D. Mann, Marianne Gordon, Doodles Weaver
15. The Gun
8.0
April 27, 1967
30 min
A Japanese widow is senselessly murdered, leaving her small daughter an orphan. Friday has a hard time controlling his emotions while seeking the killer.
Guest Stars:
Art Balinger, Herbert Anderson, Don Ross, Raymond Mayo, Olan Soule
16. The Big Kids
7.0
May 4, 1967
30 min
A gang of juvenile thieves have been stealing petty items in order to gain membership into an exclusive club.
Guest Stars:
Art Balinger, Andrea King, Russell Arms
